“That’s the thing that really destroys our property,” said Carpenter, who has attended dozens of meetings on the project. “This is our spiritual home. Imagine living in your home and somebody comes and wants to plow up your front yard because some of your neighbors say we think there should be a sidewalk on that property.”

Our comment in response: The village council does not know if the residents of Flat Rock, retired or working, want bike/pedestrian pathways since there has been no community-wide survey conducted since 2004, at which time they did NOT want those.